Combination furniture set



Aug.l 1.932. FQWHITE l 'I 11,37675789 COMBINATION FURNITURE SET Filed Deo.f11, 192s I1- K 'l 'y www HP1/we@ Patented Aug. 9, 1932 UNITED, STA-'res EDWARD r'. WHITE, on RUTHERroRDgNnw JERSEY COMBINATION rUnNITUnE sET Application filed December 11, 1929. Serial No. 413,149. p

This invention relatesto furniture,'more particularly to that type of furniture featur- -ing a plurality of pieces of furniture, which,

Y when assembled, represent a high chair, such as is used by infants.

f Among the principal objects which the vpresent invention has in View are: To provide means for holding a plurality of pieces of furniture together; to provide means whereby a plurality of pieces of furniture may be combined to form a childs high chair;.to

provide a set ofvminiature furniture when childs high chair.

Figure 2 is a side elevation looking-at the right of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line of Figure 1, and showing a holding means for retaining the plurality of pieces in alignment.

illustrated in said drawing, and referring to Figures 1 and 2, the reference numeral 6 1na small child, said chair having a tray 4 slidably mounted to the upper arm rests of said chair, and a foot rest 5 suitably attached to a table within said chairs. Chairs of this '35 type are usually constructed of a strong maing the depending legs and the cross-bars orrungs securely together. Said means being 5 in the form of mortises cut into the depending l so desired. dicates a chair in general such as 1s used by legs, into whichtenons on the cross-bars may be inserted, and then held securely in place by applying a glue or other retaining means.

vSeats 9 and 10 Vfor the chairs and the table top 13 are retained in the depending legs in a Vlike manner. e

, I have shown my invention in the drawing as one'piece and representing a high chair. However, in assembling the various pieces to make up this high chair, I utilize an upper chair 11, a lowerchair 12 and a table 13 having depending legs 14. It is necessary that the table 13 be first placed on thelower chair 12, the depending legs 111 resting on the' seat 10 and 'means are provided for holding the` table to the chair. Theupper chair 11 isv then applied to the lower chair 12, but above the table, thedepending legs of the upper chair resting on the top of the legs 8 extending upwardly/from the lower chair. In 'order to hold the chairs together, hooks 15 are provided, these hooks being shown as pivotlally held by screws to the legs of the upper chair andhooked into eyelets 16, the ,eyelets ,projecting vfrom the legs of the lower chair.

" When thus securely fastened, the set is of one In the specific embodiment of the invention 1 piece andmay be then-used as a high chair, or placed in a remote corner of the roomj ifk rlhe legs14 ofthe table 13 havevrabbeto grooves 17 which preferablyextend the entire length ,ofthe legs. The said rabbet grooves `act as the position holding means for f retaining the upperand lower chairs from lateral displacement. The-,table 13 when inserted -in place on the lowerhal 12 S of slightly smaller;siz'eandwill easilygiit betweenl the legs'ofthe lower chair, and when so fitted, the'tablegcannot be slid off. The 'square-legs `ofthe upper chair 11 may thenbe slid down the rabbet grooves `of the table.

, The-top of the tableV isthen positioned under the seat ofthe upperV chair, and the upwardly projecting legs of the lower chair meet the 'lowerV ends of thelegs of the upper chair, as '95,

at 18, thereby Vcompleting the assembling kof I -the three pieces. The hooks 15 are then lsecurely fastened in place, andV the chair-6 is ready for' use. v

.Thfeinventlon is orvparticular aCIV-vantageV '1100 for use in an apartment Where conditions Will not permit eXcess furniture. Therefore, When l Well as a necessity. In addition to the aforementioned, this set ofy furniture may be used indefinitely as a child'having'outgrownthe" high chair, the high chair may bethen-disassembled and the number of pieces whichV make up the high chair-may then be used separately, as for instance for use of more "than one' childQIn this'instance,- the com-V i binati'on'set comprises tWo' chairs and a table, 4although'ra tliirdchair lcanbe substituted in place :of:V the table, if` preferred.

I claim: y n

l. An article of furniture as characterized,

"comprising a first article of furniture having corner posts,r;a second 1article of'furniture r1having.1c-orner posts spaced to-=agree*with the @spacing of' the posts of said first article of Vfi'irniture and superposed thereupon in substantial "-alinement therewith, and a third article *of furniture having corner.` portions thereof interfitting With,v portions of the '-cornerrp'osts of the first article offurniture and projecting thereabove "and interlitting with the contiguous superposed po'sts of the *secondi article of furniturefor retaining the n thirdarticlev ofV furniture Within the confines posed #article of furniture ifagainst lateral of the other tivo 4andlforretaining the superdisplacement. Y

\ Anaiticle of furniture as characterized,

l comprising a firstlarticle of furniture having 40" '-seat,a second article ofi furniture having legs Y spaced toagree at their loWerfends With the fspacing'of the upper ends of theposts of said first article of furniture. and superposed 4 thereupon in subst'aiitial'`ialinernent` -there- Y `With,-andf athird varticle offurniture having j *corner portions thereof interfitting yvith portions fof the corner posts projecting f above A'fsa-id seat of the first article offurniture and projecting thereabove and interiittin'g With :the contiguousfsuperposed legs of the second #article offurniture, said third-articlev of fur- `niturefresting upon the -said seat -of the lirst y. Particle of furniture and retainedzfrom dis= "-1 third v article off furniture being` retained a'seat'and corner posts projecting abovesaid placement by saidseat and posts,'and said against lateral;l displacement by vengagement 'Withl the said corner fportions of the third vlarticle of furniture.

rin -article of furniture' ascharacterized,

VIVcomprising a i'irst article of'fur'niture having corner posts, Y a second V`article ofi` furniture -ili'av'ing'corner posts spaced to agree Withthe spacing of the posts of saidlfir'stfarticle ofl furniture andl superposed thereupon `inlsulo- Lerofse stantial alinement therewith, and a third article of furniture having corner portions thereof intertting With portions of the corner posts of the first article of furniture and projecting thereabove and interitting with the contiguous superposed posts of the second larticle oflfurniture forretai-ni-ng the third article of furniture'wvithin the connes .of the other two and for retaining the super- V4posed article of furniture against lateral "displacement,"aird'ineans for retaining the second article of furniture from longitudinal separation from the first article of furniture. Y fi.An article vof furniture as characterized,

comprising a first article of furniture having alseatland cornerip'osts projectinglabovejs'aid seat,"a second article rof furniture havingflegs :spaced to agree at their lowerf ends 'with' the spacing of-theupper ends of posts of said first article of furniture land superposed' thereupon in substantial Ifalinement '.tliere- With, andlathird' article oftfurniture-havi-ng l corner portions thereof interiittingfwitlr-porftions of the cor-nerposts projecting above said seat 'of the -iirst article oflfurnit/ure and projecting thereabove fand interfitting with the contiguous superposed legs'of thefsecond article of furniture,isaid third'ar'ticle of furniture resting upon the `said 'seat Tofz ther-first yarticle of furniture'and retained-'fromfd'isplacementv by Asaid seat and posts, and: said third article of furniture lbeing lretained "againstv lateraln displacement by engagement With the said corner, portions offltlie third furniture.

EDWARD F. 'WHITE Nico i Y i 

